Card table



c. KOLODNY -GARD TABLE May 5, 1931.

2 Sheets- Sheet 1 Filed March 1. 1930 fi'harzas'll o 20in? Patented May 5, 1931 [mire Mm FFiI Application filed March 1,

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in tables and more particularly to card tables of the bridge type, the primary object of the invention being to provide a table of this type which is constructed with drawers at each side so that all players mentioned which is simple and durable in construction, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efficient and useful in operation.

With these and other'objects in view, my

invention consists in the novel features of -construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim. In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a table W constructed in accordance with my invention with two of the drawers disposed to withdrawn position; a

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the table with the legs folded and two of the drawers disposed to withdrawn or extended position, parts of one of the drawersbeing cut,

40 away; I

Fi ure 3 is a transverse section as seen'on the line 33 of Figure 2; and Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail section taken through one of the drawers in closed position with the leg in extended or upright position.

One of the greatest objections to the present-day card tables of the bridge type seems to be the lack of facilities to support therein or therein ash trays, or other personal equipease. serial no. eaa'eaa ment necessarily used during the course of a game by the players. I realize that attachments have been made and sold for use in connection with a bridge table to support ashes, for instance, but these are not entirely satisfactory to "players since they interfer with clean surface of the table top. Moreover, anything placed on the top of a small bridge table becomes an obstruction and either interferes with the playv orth'e players. 00 Ordinarily drawers are 'not applied to a bridge table because the ordinary construction of such a table-would not permit thereof and further it has been felt that the use and application of a drawer in connection with such a table would interfer with the proper seating of'the players for comfort at such a table. .I have discovered a new means of as will, appear from the ollowing description as disclosed in the a ompanymg draw mg.

In describing the inventiomshall refer' to the drawings in whichlsimilarreference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which 1 designates the table top formed of any preferred material and'of the usual or any desired size, the same being adapted to be covered with any desired material. A plied to the under face of the top 1 to t ush with the edges of said top and secured to the latter in any preferred manner are the four strips 2 and applied to the'outer face of the strips 2 to project slightly beyond the edges of the top 1 are the outer strips or. plates 3. Secured to each strip 2 adjacent one end thereof is an angle bracket 4, the same being held by the last mentioned strip by means of a set screw 5, the opposite angle face of the bracket being spaced from the adjacent strip 2 and supported on the latter by means of a-bolt 6, said bolt formconstructing' abridge tZEIe with drawers,-

ing a pivot for the leg 7. The legs are 95 I braced in the usual or any preferred manner such as by means of the bracing members 8.

As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, the strips 2 and adjoining plates 3 are arched centrally, said arching being designated by wt) dotted lines in Figure 2. These intercepting bars 10, obviously, form braces for the side strips 2 and said bars are each cut out or grooved at one end as shown at 12 to receive therein the legs"? when the latter are disposed to folded position, as clearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.

The primary purpose of these bars 10 is to form means-whereby drawers may be supported readily and simply in the table. To this end, one face of each of the bars 10 is rooved at the top thereof from its outer end inwardly a predetermined distance, the

grooves of said bars being designated by the numeral 13. The inner face of each strip 2 opposing the adjacent bar 10 is similarly grooved as shown at 14. Fitting in an opening 15 formed in each side of the table adj acent one end thereof, that is, formed in the strips 2 and abutting plates 3 in registration with said grooves, is a drawer 16. This drawer obviously fits under the top 1 and operates in the grooves 13 and 14, the same being divided by partitions 17 to form compartments therein so as to contain smoking secured against a side strip in spaced relation to an end thereof and its inner end secured against a side face of a companion bracing bar transversely thereof in spaced relation to its ends, a recess being formed in the under face of each bracing bar at its outer end, a bearing bracket carried by each side bar and projecting from the inner side face theregf in spaced relation to an intersecting si e strip, sup orting legs pivoted between the side stri is and brackets-and when folded extending longitudinally of the side strips with their free end portions overlapping the bracing bars and en aged in the recesses formed therein, each si e strip having an opening formed in one end portion thereof and the side strips and bracin bars having their confronting faces forme with grooves constituting tracks leading inwardly from opposite sides of the openings, and

drawers engaged through the openings and slidably supported upon said tracks.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. CHARLES KOLQDNY.

equipment, cards or the personal equipment of the players. Any form of handle 18 may be provided on the drawers to enable the same to be readily withdrawn or extended. When the drawer 'is disposed to its closed position the front face thereof will fit flush with the outer plate 3, as clearly shown in Figure 4 of the drawings. Such drawers disposed toward one end of the side of the table where the player is seated will not interfere with the seating of said player and it will be seen that the same will form a great convenience to the player and add materially to the efliciency and usefulness of the table.

While I have described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in' form,

proportion and the minor details of con-v struction may be resorted to without de artin from the s irit or sacrificing any 0 the pr nciples of t e invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

In a table, a top, depending side strips for said top extending along marginal .portions thereof, bracing bars against the under face of the top in parallel spaced relation to the side strips and each having its outer end 

